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How to Win Poppy vs Ziggs Counter MatchupPoppy is in the b tier of champions

Poppy vs Ziggs

How to Beat Ziggs as Poppy in LoLPoppy is in the b tier of champions
TankFighter
Mage

How to Beat Ziggs as Poppy

based on 892 Poppy vs Ziggs matchups
Win Rate
48.7 %
K/D/A
2.46
Pick Rate
1.4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we analyze millions of ranked LoL games each and every week. Within our database, Poppy faced Ziggs 892 times. Including so many games with Poppy vs Ziggs gives us faith in our capability to provide useful stats and a supported build to wreck your foe. This particular counter matchup is somewhat rare. Poppy fights Ziggs in only 1.4% of her matches.

Poppy vs Ziggs Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Poppy has done a dismal job of beating Ziggs. On average, she wins a acceptable 48.7% of matches the champs oppose each other in. In Poppy against Ziggs matches, Poppy’s side is 0.1% more expected to get first blood, indicating that she probably will get first blood against Ziggs.

Best Poppy vs Ziggs Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Mosstomper SeedlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Cloth ArmorBami's Cinder

Core Poppy Items

~22 Mins
Unending DespairSunfire AegisThornmail

Optional Items

Dead Man's PlateForce of NatureKaenic RookernSundered Sky

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Poppy to level upq
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Second ability for Poppy to level upe
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Last skill for Poppy to max outw

Runes

DominationDark HarvestCheap ShotEyeball CollectionRelentless Hunter
SorceryCelerityWaterwalking
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Poppy's passive ability p
Poppy's q ability q
Poppy's w ability w
Poppy's e ability e
Poppy's ultimate ability r
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Q
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E
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W
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Q
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Q
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R
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Guide to Countering Ziggs as Poppy

Tips for Playing as Poppy against Ziggs

Keeper's Verdict can be released immediately to send the enemy straight up, take advantage of this in duels.

Iron Ambassador tends to land near walls, try to take advantage of this with Heroic Charge.

Advice to Win Against Ziggs

Many of Ziggs' abilities have long cooldowns. Try catching him just after he's used his abilities.

Don't step on Ziggs' mines! They'll slow you and make it much easier for him to hit you with his other abiltiies.

Ziggs' ultimate, Mega Inferno Bomb, deals more damage in the center of the explosion.

Poppy vs Ziggs Counter Stats

Poppy Image
Win Rate
48.7 %
VS
Win Rate
51.3 %
Ziggs Image
4.9
< Kills >
5.3
5.4
< Deaths >
5.7
8.4
< Assists >
8.1
1.15
< Killing Sprees >
1.22
84
< Minions Killed >
171
0.8
< Dragons Killed >
0.1
0.4
< Inhibitors >
0.58
13,115
< Physical Damage >
862
3,670
< Magic Damage >
25,202
942
< True Damage >
362
17,727
< Damage Dealt >
26,427
31,577
< Damage Taken >
17,764
10,740
< Gold Earned >
11,705
1.58
< Towers >
2.96
0.17
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
8,391
< Total Healing >
1,595
13,707
< Experience >
13,624
24
< Vision Score >
21
10
< Wards Placed >
10
658
< Time Dealing CC >
260

How to Counter Ziggs with Poppy in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here underscore some significant Poppy against Ziggs matchup statistics that may help us appreciate the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Poppy’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Ziggs’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Poppy may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Ziggs..

Poppy often has a similar longest killing spree as her opponent does. Commonly, she receives more damage than Ziggs. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the champion with more health has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Poppy and Ziggs

Damage Types Compared

Poppy
Ziggs
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Poppy
Ziggs

Who is Better, Poppy or Ziggs?

Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Poppy usually loses when trying to fight Ziggs, with a 48.7% win rate. Thus, Poppy makes a poor counter to Ziggs.

While Poppy does have a lower win rate compared to Ziggs, when on opposite teams, Poppy also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more complex champion to develop with. You should be careful when picking Poppy into Ziggs.

Additionally, Poppy also has a lot of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Ziggs. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Poppy vs Ziggs matchups, Ziggs is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.

Poppy is a somewhat poor counter to Ziggs. Make sure you focus your play on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Poppy against Ziggs.

Other Champion Matchups Against Poppy

Poppy Loses Against

LilliaLillia43.2% winrateAnnieAnnie44.1% winrateTahm KenchTahm Kench44.9% winrateViktorViktor45.3% winrate

Poppy Wins Against

KennenKennen57.1% winrateYuumiYuumi57.1% winrateLeBlancLeBlanc56.6% winrateAlistarAlistar56.3% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

TrundleTrundle+ 54.6% 2180 GamesTaricTaric+ 54.7% 494 GamesLilliaLillia+ 55.2% 2186 GamesOlafOlaf+ 57.3% 321 Games

Additional Information for Poppy Players

How We Calculated Our Poppy vs Ziggs Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Ziggs as Poppy, we analyzed 892 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Ziggs as Poppy comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

Poppy Build Ziggs Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Poppy to counter Ziggs during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Poppy typically accumulates less CS compared to Ziggs. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported here to do well.

The best items to use in your Poppy versus Ziggs build include Unending Despair, Sunfire Aegis, and Thornmail. When Poppy incorporated at least these three items in her build, she performed much better versus Ziggs than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Poppy boasted an average win rate of 48.7% when countering Ziggs with this build.

To have the greatest chance of annihilating Ziggs as Poppy, you should equip the Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Celerity, and Waterwalking runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for Poppy vs Ziggs counter picks, this mixture of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.7% win rate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Ziggs as Poppy are given for all skill levels combined. To scope the statistics and builds to an individual player tier, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.